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Hormonal Contraception and Hemoglobin Levels in Urban Malawi: A Longitudinal Analysis

Mahesh Karra and David Canning
Date: 22 January 2026
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INTRODUCTION
This replication package reproduces the results for the paper entitled "Hormonal Contraception and Hemoglobin Levels in Urban Malawi: A Longitudinal Analysis," which is published in Reproductive Health, DOI: 10.1186/s12978-026-02268-2.

This package contains 1 Stata Do-File (.do), and 1 Stata Data (.dta) files that replicate the tables and figures in the main paper. 

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FILE AND FOLDER SET-UP:
1. Save all files (data set, do file) in the same folder. 

To run the do file, open the REPLICATION DO FILE.do file in Stata, change the "maindir" file path to the directory where the files are saved (line 16 in the do-file), and then execute the do-file in Stata by clicking Run. 
The outputs of each file will be stored in the folder.

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CONTENTS

The replication package contains:

1. REPLICATION DO FILE.do: Do file that replicates Tables 1-5 and Figure 1.

2. REPLICATION.dta: The replication dataset

TOTAL EXPECTED RUNTIME: 2 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PACKAGES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED:
The tables are produced using Stata version 17. Before running the master do-file, please make sure to install the following packages in Stata:
- estout, version 3.30
- outreg2, version 2.3.2

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QUESTIONS?
Please direct any questions regarding this replication package to the corresponding author. 

Mahesh Karra
Associate Professor of Population and Family Health
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
mvk2109@cumc.columbia.edu

